“I decided that I wanted to incorporate new landscaping, which consisted of using Texas native plants, at a home I purchased. Like many of us here in Houston, I wanted to enjoy beautiful plants, while being able to keep them alive and thriving. We all know the challenges of Houston's extreme weather conditions and what it does to our gardens. Summers consist of our extreme, dry, and hot summer sun to our windy, cold, and winter hard freeze temperatures. The previous landscape at this property was barely living and full of weeds, so I decided to align with the existing environment and use natives. They are everything we want in a low maintenance landscape, requiring little water and drought tolerant, while stabilizing the clay soil, and providing a habitat for beneficial pollinators and other living creatures.
I began to search the internet and asked people, as well as local garden stores, for someone who specialized in working with natives. This was how I was able to find and meet Beverly at Bayou Native. Beverly is a professional. She is very easy to work with, communicative, thoughtful, and a patient listener to feedback. She provided a lot of information in regards to the landscape and plants, as well as visuals (with alternatives) to match aesthetic or availability of specific plants. In the end, Beverly was able to create what I asked for: a cottage garden style landscape made exclusively with Texas natives. The sustainable native landscape design looks cohesive at my home on acreage. Beverly's expertise allowed for the right plants to exist on my site specific layout and helped with a contact for the installation of the design.
I am very thankful for all the time and assistance that Beverly provided. I would recommend Bayou Native Landscape Services to anyone who is interested in easy, sustainable, and native landscapes. This year during our winter freeze, I lost ZERO plants. I even had flowers alive and well on plants when we were below freezing, the plants did not turn to mush or drop leaves and flowers! I did cover them this year due to being planted in late November, but next year's plan is to leave them alone. My new landscaping continues to grow and bloom continuously.”